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 Definitions of cream  [krim]  

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Definition of 'cream' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cream
the fatty part of milk that rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand and is not homogenized.

2.  cream
a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a prophylactic, therapeutic, or cosmetic purpose.

3.  cream
a purée containing cream or milk:
cream of tomato soup.

4.  cream
any of various foods made with cream or milk or having the thick, smooth consistency of cream:
pastry cream.

5.  cream
a soft-centered confection of fondant or fudge coated with chocolate.

6.  cream
the best part of anything.

7.  cream
a yellowish white.

8. (v.i.) cream
to form cream.

9.  cream
to froth; foam.

10. (v.t.) cream
to work (butter and sugar, etc.) to a smooth, creamy mass.

11.  cream
to prepare with cream, milk, or a cream sauce:
creamed spinach.

12.  cream
to allow (milk) to form cream.

13.  cream
to remove the cream from (milk); skim.

14.  cream
to take the best part of.

15.  cream
to use a cosmetic cream on.

16.  cream
to add cream to (tea, coffee, etc.).

17.  cream
Slang.

18.  cream
to beat up; thrash.

19.  cream
to win decisively over.

20. (adj.) cream
of the color cream; cream-colored.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME creme < AF, OF cresme < LL chrīsmachrism)

Definition of 'cream' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cream, pick
the best people or things in a group
"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

2. (noun) cream
the part of milk containing the butterfat

3. (verb) cream, ointment, emollient
toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

4. (verb) cream
make creamy by beating
"Cream the butter"

5. (verb) cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lick
beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
"We licked the other team on Sunday!"

6. (verb) cream
put on cream, as on one's face or body
"She creams her face every night"

7. (verb) skim, skim off, cream off, cream
remove from the surface
"skim cream from the surface of milk"

8. (verb) cream
add cream to one's coffee, for example


Definition of 'cream' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cream
a thick substance to make skin smooth or to heal it
face cream; wrinkle creams

2.  cream
a thick white liquid taken from milk
coffee with cream and sugar

3.  cream
a yellowish-white color
***The walls were cream.


Definition of 'cream' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) cream
the rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained

2. (noun) cream
the part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface

3. (noun) cream
a delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream

4. (noun) cream
a cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation

5. (noun) cream
the best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures

6. (verb) cream
to skim, or take off by skimming, as cream

7. (verb) cream
to take off the best or choicest part of

8. (verb) cream
to furnish with, or as with, cream

9. (verb) cream
to form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle


Translation of 'cream' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the yellowish-white oily substance that forms on the top of milk, and from which butter and cheese are made.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: room Arabic flag Arabic: قِشْدَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: каймак
Brazilian flag Brazilian: nata Czech flag Czech: smetana German flag German: der Rahm, die Sahne
Danish flag Danish: fløde Greek flag Greek: καϊμάκι, πέτσα Spanish flag Spanish: nata
Estonian flag Estonian: koor Farsi flag Farsi: خامه Finnish flag Finnish: kerma
French flag French: crème Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁמֶנֶת Hindi flag Hindi: मलाई, सर्वोत्म अंश, सार
Croatian flag Croatian: vrhnje Hungarian flag Hungarian: tejszín Indonesian flag Indonesian: krim
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rjómi Italian flag Italian: crema, panna Japanese flag Japanese: クリーム
Korean flag Korean: 크림 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: grietinėlė, grietinė Latvian flag Latvian: krējums
Malay flag Malay: krim Dutch flag Dutch: room Norwegian flag Norwegian: fløte
Polish flag Polish: śmietana Persian flag Persian: خامه Pashto flag Pashto: کریم
Portuguese flag Portuguese: nata Romanian flag Romanian: smân­tână Russian flag Russian: сливки
Slovak flag Slovak: smotana Slovenian flag Slovenian: smetana Serbian flag Serbian: pavlaka
Swedish flag Swedish: grädde Thai flag Thai: ครีม Turkish flag Turkish: kaymak, krema
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 鮮奶油 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вершки Urdu flag Urdu: ملائى، بالائى
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kem Chinese flag Chinese: 奶油

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